Thesiege of Mantinea occurred in 385 BC, and resulted in a victory of theSpartans over the city ofMantinea, which was defeated and dismembered.[1] On this occasion,Epaminondas, then fighting on the side of the Spartans, famously rescued his fellow ThebanPelopidas.[2][3]
| Siege of Mantinea | |||||||
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 Epaminondas defendingPelopidas (William Rainey, 1900) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Lacedaemon | Mantineia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Agesipolis I Epaminondas | Pelopidas | ||||||
Mantinea had been opposed to the Spartans in thePeloponesian War. As a result, Mantinea first fell in 417 BC, and it was then destroyed in the siege of 385 BC.[4] However, theArcadians were able to recover and restored their city after theBattle of Leuctra and the defeat of Spartan hegemony.[4]
References
edit- ^Buckley, Terry (2006).Aspects of Greek History: A Source-Based Approach. Routledge. p. 30.ISBN 9781134857326.
- ^Brice, Lee L. (2012).Greek Warfare: From the Battle of Marathon to the Conquests of Alexander the Great. ABC-CLIO. p. 53.ISBN 9781610690706.
- ^Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Antony; Eidinow, Esther (2014).The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization. OUP Oxford. p. 608.ISBN 9780191016769.
- ^abBevan, William Latham (1861).The Student's Manual of Ancient Geography. John Murray. p. 477.
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